Infants' reliance on shape to generalize novel labels to animate and inanimate objects

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-320

  Graham, Susan A ^a   Poulin Dubois, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 0033137291     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000999003815     Document Type: Article

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